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Assembly of 913 microbial genomes from metagenomic sequencing of the cow rumen

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Stewart, Robert D., Auffret, Marc D., Warr, Amanda, Wiser, Andrew H., Press, Maximilian O., Langford, Kyle W., Liachko, Ivan, Snelling, Timothy J. +4 more·2018·Nature Communications

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The cow rumen is adapted for the breakdown of plant material into energy and nutrients, a task largely performed by enzymes encoded by the rumen microbiome. Here we present 913 draft bacterial and archaeal genomes assembled from over 800 Gb of rumen metagenomic sequence data derived from 43 Scottish cattle, using both metagenomic binning and Hi-C-based proximity-guided assembly. Most of these genomes represent previously unsequenced strains and species. The draft genomes contain over 69,000 proteins predicted to be involved in carbohydrate metabolism, over 90% of which do not have a good match in public databases. Inclusion of the 913 genomes presented here improves metagenomic read classification by sevenfold against our own data, and by fivefold against other publicly available rumen datasets. Thus, our dataset substantially improves the coverage of rumen microbial genomes in the public databases and represents a valuable resource for biomass-degrading enzyme discovery and studies of the rumen microbiome.

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Stewart, R. D., Auffret, M. D., Warr, A., Wiser, A. H., Press, M. O., Langford, K. W., Liachko, I., Snelling, T. J., Dewhurst, R. J., Walker, A. W., Roehe, R., & Watson, M.
Affiliations
  • Roslin Institute (GB)
  • Scotland's Rural College (GB)
  • University of Aberdeen (GB)
Corresponding author
Watson, Mick
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2018-02-28
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
870-870
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2786358949
Cited by
559
References
83
Citations by year
2026: 39 · 2025: 48 · 2024: 77 · 2023: 69 · 2022: 64 · 2021: 73 · 2020: 89 · 2019: 73 · 2018: 27
FWCI
24.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Aberdeen University Research Archive (Aberdeen University) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division
  • Scottish Government
  • Scotland’s Rural College
  • Directorate for Biological Sciences
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBS/E/D/30002276, BB/M01844X/1, BB/J004235/1, BB/R015023/1, BB/P013732/1, BB/J004235, BB/N016742/1, BB/ J004243/1, BB/N01720X/1, P013759, BBP013759/1, BBS/E/D/20310000)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R43AI122654, R44AI122654)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
Keywords
rumen microbiome, draft genome sequence, metagenome binning, Hi-C, cattle, rumen bacteria, rumen archaea, carbohydrate metabolism, biomass-degrading enzymes, metagenome-assembled genomes, read classification
MeSH terms
Animals, Bacteria, Bacterial Proteins, Cattle, Phylogeny, Rumen, Genome, Bacterial, Metagenome, Metagenomics

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